Chemical Examination of the Seed Oil of Jatropha glandulifera, Roxb.

Abstract

The seed oil contains myristic 2.338%, palmitic 14.5%, stearic 5.972%, oleic 34.19% and linoleic 43.0% in terms of methyl esters. It obeys the rule of even distribution. Alimchandani et al. (this Journal, 949, 26, 523) extracted Glandulifera seeds from Madras province by different solvents and found in the oil palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids on the qualitative basis only. The present work was therefore undertaken the percentage composition of the constituent acids and fully saturated in the oil, obtained from the seeds, collected from Surat district.